Decca: 475 6021--475 6028 (set: 475 6020).
Title from container.
Previously released in 1964 (Albert Herring); 1968 (Billy Budd); 1971 (Owen Wingrave); and 1959 (Peter Grimes).
Synopses (30 p.) inserted.
In Albert Herring: Sylvia Fisher, Johanna Peters, April Cantelo, John Noble, Edgar Evans, Owen Brannigan, Joseph Ward, Peter Pears, Catherine Wilson, Sheila Rex ; English Chamber Orchestra. In Owen Wingrave: Benjamin Luxon, John Shirley-Quirk, Nigel Douglas, Sylvia Fisher, Heather Harper, Jennifer Vyvyan, Janet Baker, Peter Pears ; English Chamber Orchestra. In Billy Budd: Peter Glossop, Peter Pears, Michael Langdon, John Shirley-Quirk, Bryan Drake, David Kelly, Gregory Dempsey, David Bowman, Owen Brannigan, Robert Tear ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra. In Peter Grimes: Peter Pears, Claire Watson, James Pease, David Kelly, Owen Brannigan, Lauris Elms, Jean Watson, Marion Studholme, Iris Kells, Raymond Nilsson, John Lanigan, Geraint Evans, Marcus Norman ; orchestra and chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Recorded: April 1964, Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh (Albert Herring); Dec. 1967, Kingsway Hall, London (Billy Budd); Dec. 1970, Kingsway Hall, London (Owen Wingrave); Dec. 1958, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London (Peter Grimes).
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